Ecosystem of Digital Media Art under Scientific Computing Visualization Based on Finite Element Analysis

Table 4

Typical techniques for visualization in scientific computing.

Dimensions	Scalar	Vector	Tensor	Multidimensional variables
1D	True line drawing, column chart, and bar chart	_____	_____	Combining scalar, vector, and tensor methods
2D	Outline, surface view, and image display	2D arrow	_____
3D	Isosurfaces, volume rendering, and 3D point cloud surfaces	3D arrows, particle systems, and 3D streamlines	Tensor ellipse
nD	Use multiple IDs, 2D or 3D views